What's the definition distribution of "farming"? My bias is not to go directly to factory farming or industrial agriculture, which sound depressing. I'd rather

What's the definition distribution of "farming"? My bias is not to go directly to factory farming or industrial agriculture, which sound depressing. I'd rather a smart and lazy approach, helping the land recover to a point and then stopping succession, as has been done with fire in the PNW mountain meadows for berry crops. I'm not under the illusion that the land-management practices of the Nisqually or Puyallup, say, didn't involve consistent work, just a different sort of work, one more within individual and small-group control. If petroleum-fueled agriculture is "necessary", it's a mess we've gotten ourselves into.